Went for the recent Chingay Parade last Friday, courtesy of my dad for the free tickets! My 1st time watching it live! Just nice we were able to film it too!
Man, were the performers awesome!
On the way to the audience seats.
Waiting for the show to start!
Opening act!
Arrival of PM Lee and Mrs Lee!
Super long banner!!
Lotsa white horses…..
…… paved way for the big guy! Trojan much??? *kidding*
Pegasus came too!
Then we had a float with some of Singapore’s iconic spots! Merlion / Gardens By The Bay / Marina Bay Sands / Esplanade / Sentosa / Changi Airport
With a bunch of Gods of Wealth following behind!
Performers on stilts!
Lion dance troupes!
Huge banners which even the performers had difficulty keeping them up.
McCafe breakfast to start the day!! And I have to say, the service at the outlet opposite our hotel SUX BIG TIME. I swear I almost pull that bitch by the ponytail out of the counter in which she’s behind. No matter how busy you are, you have to maintain your professionalism and not fucking show attitude to your customers. Also, please brush up your fucked up English 1st before you rebuke me. I asked for what sandwich options you have. You refuted by replying, “NO SANDWICHES. ONLY HAVE CIABATTA.” Then brushed me aside to your colleague, and proceeded to bitch about me with your colleague IN FRONT OF ME.
Please do everyone else a favour by jumping off the building.
Right. Back to my breakfast!! At least it’s delicious enough to appease my anger a ‘lil. *tsk*
Went to check out this awesome concept cafe after breakfast! Had time to do so only on the last day before leaving Hong Kong!
Finding out the way to walk (in style) using Google Maps!
I had to eat this food item before leaving Hong Kong!!!!! Favorite egg tart of all time…………..
TAI CHEONG BAKERY!!!!!!
Address: 35 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Station: Central (Exit D2)
Hours: Daily 730am – 9pm
Contact: (852) 2544-3475
FAVORITE TRADITIONAL EGG TART!!!!!!!
While on the way to explore this street which I like alot!!
GOUGH STREET was where I wanted to go!
Interesting shops along the way!
Yays! Reached GOUGH STREET!
Many niche shops along this street!
1st stop: WOAW Store (Lifestyle concept store stocking exclusive merchandise and a diverse product range for men, women and children.)
Address: No. 11 Gough Street, Central
Station: Sheung Wan (Exit A2)
Hours: Mon-Sat 1130am – 930pm / Sun 12pm – 7pm
Contact: (852) 2253-1313
2nd stop: HOMELESS (Lifestyle concept store selling niche homeware products as well as providing lotsa gift ideas.)
Address: 28-29 Gough Street, Central
Station: Sheung Wan (Exit A2)
Hours: Mon-Sat 1130am – 930pm / Sun 12pm – 6pm
Contact: (852) 2581-1880
Absorbing in more of this land before leaving on a jet plane. Gonna miss this place even though I’d been here couple of times!
Hello, cutie!!
And it’s time to go to the airport!!
Guess what? My luggage was overweight by 8.5kg………………. And I had to pay HKD1500 for it. Well, guess United Air’s rate was considered fairly cheap as compared to other airlines’ (judging by per kg). Bought too much stuff!!
Oh wells, still needed to eat dinner. My ultimate comfort food to the rescue! TSUI WAH!!!!!!!
Had some time to kill before boarding!
Yes. I mean, NOOOOO………… Can’t I stay longer???
Ok. Some food to distract myself.
Shall end this finale with shots of a cutie whom I saw on the MTR in Hong Kong!! (Disclaimer: shots taken by my friend, not me coz I didn’t have the guts to do it hahaha…….)
Till next time!!!!! CHEERS!!!!!! *juggles luggages*
DAY 7 ! ! !
2nd last day of the trip!!! Too fast!!! >.<
Started the day with a comforting and heartwarming breakfast to get our gears going!!!
Porridge / Chee Cheong Fun / Red+Green Bean Soup / Soya Bean Milk
N I C E E E . . . . . . . *burp* After which, it’s a long day in walking around (aka shopping)!
Needed to help couple of friends check out some stuff which they were interested in getting.
1st stop: SILVERCORD at Tsim Sha Tsui!
I like this mall! It has many shops/brands which I fancy, all in one mall.
Another / Double-Park / 5cm / Izzue / Fred Perry / Mercibeaucoup (to name a few!)
Happened to pass by this cool shop which this awesome paragraph on its window.
Love it. In case you weren’t able to read the whole passage, here’s it!
“There is darkness inside all of us, though mine is more dangerous than most. Still, we all have it, that part of our soul that is irreparably damaged by the very trials and tribulations of life. We are what we are because of it, or perhaps in spite of it, some use it as a shield to hide behind, others as an excuse to do unconscionable things. But truly, the darkness is simply a piece of the whole, neither good nor evil unless you make it so. It took a witch, a war, and a voodoo queen to teach me that.”
Love it. Really.
After we were done with shopping at Silvercord, it was still raining.
Hence, we decided to grab a drink and some light bites at SWEET DYNASTY near Silvercord!!
Address: 28 Hankow Road, Hong Kong Pacific Centre, B/F, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Station: Tsim Sha Tsui (Exit L5)
Hours: Daily 12pm – 230pm; 630pm – 1130pm
Contact: (852) 2377-9877 Walnut Paste / Soya Beancurd with Red Bean Paste One word.
Disappointing.
Walnut Paste was watery without much walnut taste.
Red Bean Paste was watery too that’s not sweet.
Soya Beancurd was so-so.
Totally different from the 1st time when I tried it. -_-
咸煎角! This is not bad, but Tim Ho Wan has even better ones. 流沙包!!! This one nice!
They ran out of the ones with pandan skin. *waiting* *nom nom noms* After chilling for some time at Sweet Dynasty, the rain finally stopped!!!
Time to move on to the next destination.
THE PENINSULA Hotel.
Gotta say.
I really like the decor of the hotel.
And its h~i~g~h~ ceilings……. Right. Why am I at such an atas place???
Two words.
CHROME. HEARTS.
Love their accessories….!!! Just one thing.
I don’t understand why staff working in such shops need to be SO snobbish.
Same goes for some other branded boutiques too.
Please smile and be professional.
You don’t have to look at your customers from head to toe before you decide how you are gonna serve them.
Since it’s the last night in Hong Kong, we decided to go back to Bon Bon Cafe for dinner!
Sooo gonna miss their food…….
In fact, I’m missing it now as I’m typing this post!!! *droolsss* The dumplings (bottom right) are sooo yumsss…….
They are filled with braised meat instead of the usual minced meat.
I’m not exactly a meat-lover, but this is so good I can finish the whole bowl by myself!!
Not forgetting the addictive pickles which I mentioned before in my 1st post for this trip!!! After filling our tummies, another (also the last) round at our favorite 7-11!!! Not forgetting, need change all the stickers which we received from 7-11 to change for Sanrio figurines!!
Such cute stickers!! We got the Monkey (I forgot its name) and Minna No Tabo!!
Didn’t manage to get my Kuromi! 🙁 Packing time!
Had a hard time trying to stuff everything into my luggages!!!
Heavyyy……
Reluctantly went to sleep after packing since it’s the last night afterall!! >.<
Final episode for this trip will be out soon!!
Do stay tuned!! ^_^
Early rise and shine for Day 6!!!
Coz today we planned to go Macau!!!
First thing first, getting ferry tickets from Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal! My first time going to Macau!! There was still some time left before boarding the ferry, hence grabbed a bite first at Lan Fong Yuen!!
I didn’t know they opened an outlet here.
Was elated to find out about that as I like the food there!
Here are the details for its original outlet if any of you are interested!
Address: 2 Gage Street, G/F, Central
Station: Sheung Wan (Exit E2) / Central (Exit D2)
Hours: Mon-Sat 8am – 8pm / Closed on Sundays
Contact: (852) 2544-3895 / 2854-0731 I didn’t know what I was doing.
Maybe bit excited over the food. Boarding time! Throngs of people waiting to board… Ok noted!! I’ve motion sickness, hence didn’t take any pictures when on board the ferry and simply slept throughout to prevent myself from feeling too giddy.
An hour passed, and we reached Macau!
On a free shuttle bus, en route to a nice boutique hotel which we gonna do some filming at. “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow………” So we did some filming at 5FOOTWAY.INN’s PROJECT PONTE 16!!!!
We were honoured and excited to have the opportunity to feature this lovely boutique hotel in our travelogue!!!
It is set to become Macau’s favorite boutique hotel with its modern design, cleanliness, friendly staff as well as strategic location.
Do consider staying here when you visit Macau!!!
I’m sure you will like it as much as I did!!!
Thanks much to Manager Han Jae-hoon for showing us around, plus patiently feeding us with details about the place!!!
Kamsahamnida!!! ^_^
After we were done with filming, time to explore Macau!!!
Just around the corner from 5FOOTWAY.INN……..
LEE KUM KEE !!! Tower of sauces!!! *walking walk walk* Kinda looks like Hong Kong actually… Senado Square! Managed to find the famous Pork Chop Bun and Portuguese Egg Tart!!!
Really yumsssss!!!!!! *nom nom nom* Hardworking Santa Durian! Ended up at Lisboa to catch shuttle bus back to the ferry terminal! The weather in Macau wasn’t exactly good when we were there, and getting around was bit tedious having to carry all our barang barang.
Kinda dampened my mood.
Plus I kena a long cut by the brolly when opening/closing it. -_____-” Need. A. Good. Dinner. To. Make. Myself. Feel. Better.
Hence, back to one of my favorite Hong Kong cafes for comfort food. Ittadakimasu !!! Happily tucking into my dinner….. So much better after putting them all into my tummy.
Strolling time!
Loveee the Christmas decor at Langham Place at Central!!
Sooo prettyyy……. Must. Watch. Cantonese. Movie. When. In. Hong. Kong.
Heehee so we ended up at IFC for a late night movie!!
Movie of choice?
WHITE. STORM. (扫。毒。) 刘青云。张家辉。 古天乐。
Enough. Said.
So.
So.
Good.
Was so thrilled I managed to catch this awesome show in its original language.
Beats voice-over anytime.
Love the popcorn box too in my favorite color!!
Though the popcorn itself wasn’t exactly fantastic. (I prefer Cathay’s.)
And I dropped my Bathing Ape Pocket Square in the theatre, which I only noticed after reaching back at the hotel. -_____-” Tiring but fulfilling day!!
Plus a bonus that we still managed to catch train back to our hotel area after the movie!!
Thumbs uppp for that!!!
Episode 7 will be out real soon!! Do stay tuned and support us!!! *throws popcorn*
